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Zev Segal (1917–2008) was an Orthodox Jewish Rabbi .1Segal was born in Saratov, Russia and moved to Israel as a toddler. He survived the 1929 Hebron massacre. He was the founding rabbi of the Young Israel of Newark , and served there for thirty-three years, from 1945 to 1978. During this period, Segal also served a three-year term as president of the Rabbinical Council of America , from 1968 to 1971. Segal was the father of radio broadcaster Nachum Segal , and Rabbi Nate Segal of Staten Island. Segal was found dead in his car at the bottom of the Hackensack River on March 6, 2008 after being reported missing a day earlier. He was traveling from an appearance on his son's radio show to an appointment in Livingston, New Jersey .2
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Zev Segal was an Orthodox Jewish Rabbi who served as president of the Rabbinical Council of America . Segal was found dead in his car at the bottom of the Hackensack River on March 6, 2008 after being reported missing a day earlier. He was traveling from an appearance on his son, Nachum Segal's , radio show to Livingston, New Jersey .
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Zev Segal ( ( 1917-01-07 ) January 7, 1917 – ( 2008-03-05 ) March 5, 2008) was an Orthodox Jewish rabbi .
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orthodox jewish rabbi who served as president of the rabbinical council of america
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